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Tommy is a DeFi investor focused on the market structure beneath onchain trading. His recent work treats perpetuals and prediction markets as durable but still immature markets, with the best opportunities in deeper liquidity, better routing, collateral efficiency, differentiated assets and infrastructure that turns high headline volume into resilient product economics.
Sharp, inspired teams solving structural market problems rather than launching another interface; protocols that deepen open interest, reduce spreads and route liquidity efficiently; venues with differentiated high-demand assets; clear business revenue tied credibly to token value; and founders with both engineering context and lived experience as traders or product builders.
His work explicitly distinguishes genuine innovation from noise: copycat prediction interfaces without liquidity or market-design advantages, token buybacks unsupported by durable revenue, venues with shallow open interest, and products that mistake temporary headline volume for a mature market are weak fits. No broader formal pass list is public.
Reach him through the exact @thatdegenvc account or LinkedIn linked from Archetype's current profile. Lead with the market inefficiency, venue and user segment; quantify spreads, depth, open interest, routing improvement, collateral use and organic revenue; explain how liquidity compounds and why the product wins beyond incentives. For prediction markets, identify the category-specific liquidity wedge; for perps, show differentiated demand or indispensable venue infrastructure.
Underwrite spreads, depth, open interest, routing and collateral efficiency before interface polish or narrative visibility.
Prediction venues win different categories by concentrating relevant traders and liquidity; identify the segment where the venue can become structurally dominant.
Treat buybacks as credible only when supported by durable protocol revenue and a defensible business, not as a substitute for product economics.
Distinguish cyclical token price or venue-volume drawdowns from long-term market demand, then look for differentiated assets or indispensable infrastructure that expands the category.
Onchain perpetuals remain a maturing, durable market; future winners will create high-demand markets or become primary venue infrastructure while sustaining real revenue and credible value accrual.
Prediction markets are approaching mainstream relevance, but durable winners must solve thin liquidity, routing, collateral efficiency and category-specific market structure rather than compete on interface hype.
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Tommy invests in and researches DeFi at Archetype. He previously led Blockchain at Berkeley and brings hands-on experience as a crypto founder and engineer.